Lily's Night of Drunken Matchmaking
Standard disclaimers apply. Hiro Mashima still wins at life even if this past few manga chapters were brutal.
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Epilogue: Thunderstorms of retribution
It was nearly a week following Lily's night of drunken matchmaking. Erza sat at the bar eating a slice of strawberry cake while Lucy sipped a drink.
"Lucy," asked Erza, casually taking a bite of cake, "Have you seen my bunny outfit? I can't seem to find it anywhere and I was sure we left it around here somewhere."
"Erza," Lucy replied giggling, "Didn't you hear about that part of Lily's prank on Gray?
"That part?" Erza shook her head.
"When Juvia found Gray chained up in her apartment do you know what he was wearing?" Erza's eyes narrowed as Lucy giggled and leaned closer to whisper. "Juvia said that Gray makes the best sexy bondage bunny ever."
A dark shadow fell across Erza's face and her eyes glinted dangerously. She set down her plate of cake and stood up. Pantherlily was going to pay.
But a quick glace around the guild showed that Lily was nowhere to be found. Erza's eyes fell upon Laxus drinking in a corner with the Raijinshu and Juvia who was fawning over Gray.
Erza strode over to where Gray was actually tolerating Juvia's behavior and bodily grabbed Juvia from her seat next to Gray. Erza dragged Juvia her over to Laxus, ignoring all protests. As she stood in front of Laxus and Juvia, she voiced an order.
"Make it rain. Make lightening. Make it storm!" She glared at down at them both, her hands on her hips, radiating darkness with her eyes shining menacingly.
Seeing Erza's expression, Juvia agreed. Erza was being scary. Laxus just shrugged, seeing no harm in her request. It would probably be entertaining to watch whatever Erza had in mind.
Rain started to pour down above the guild hall roof. Thunder rolled above as lightening shot through the sky, flashing from Laxus out through the windows. Erza smiled in satisfaction as the thunderstorm outside continued. It shouldn't take much longer now…
Lily shot through the guild's front door with his hands over his ears and flew directly to Gajeel seeking comfort. As he sat in Gajeel's lap, soaking wet and clearly terrified, Erza approached Gajeel and Pantherlily.
Erza looked like she meant business. She towered over Pantherlily who cowered in Gajeel's arms. Between the thunderstorm and Erza, this had to be the most scared Lily had ever been.
"Pantherlily," A flash of lightening illuminated Erza's silhouette, making her look like an avenging demon as she loomed above him, her eyes flashing red. "Do not give Gray cause to use my clothes for kinky role playing ever again."
Gajeel chuckled. Well, that was one way of phrasing it. Lily hid his face in Gajeel's arms, shivering in fear. Satisfied that Lily had been thoroughly scared, Erza nodded to Juvia and Laxus to call off the storm.
Across the guild Natsu and Gray, their bickering temporarily forgotten, laughed at Lily's expense, satisfied that he had finally gotten paid back for the incident.
Lily mused that Erza was possibly the scariest person he had ever met. Scarier even than Erza Knightwalker, who would much sooner just kill you than scare you to death. No, this Erza was definitely the scariest person Lily had ever come across. Thunder boomed overhead. Lily decided that next time he got the chance play pranks, he would stay well away from Erza.
Or at least from her things.
Maybe.
As the thunderstorm dissipated, Lily looked across the guild at Erza who was sitting at the bar eating her cake. Because she had scared him so badly, he couldn't stop himself from imagining taking revenge. Now that the storm was gone, Lily's mind resumed its usual plotting.
Next time Lily got the opportunity to play drunken matchmaker, he knew exactly who he would be setting up. Erza definitely needed that extra push that only Pantherlily could provide. Perhaps Erza wouldn't mind so much if it was Jellal wearing her bunny suit and chained to a couch.
Safe in Gajeel's arms, Lily smirked his trademark smirk at Erza's back. His next prank was going to be even more entertaining.
Lily couldn't help himself, his brain was already spinning with devious activity. He was plotting the next night of drunken matchmaking.
A/N: So, that's it for now. Maybe at some point I will write a Jerza onshot influenced by Pantherlily (and Meredy or course, she'd have to be in on that because Crime Sorcière is my brotp). But I'd post that separately if I ever end up doing it, and it wouldn't be for a while - a new semester is starting up.
Oh, and speaking of a new semester starting up… If you read/write fics in French, I'd love to ask you some questions for a graduate research paper I will soon be presenting on international anime/manga fics and why they exist entitled "How to justify spending so much time on while getting a masters in French literature." I will probably put a link to that paper up on my profile in a few months…
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